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Where does “drōs” come from?

drōs (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic drōhs, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrā́ks — dregs, sediment.

Ancestry of “drōs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdrōhsdregs, sediment
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrā́ksdregs, sediment

Words derived from “drōs”

  • dross
  • drossy
  • drossless
  • drossiness
  • undrossy
  • dros
  • drosse
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